Global Humanitarian Assistance by the Numbers

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The overall need for humanitarian assistance fell by 12 million people from 2010 to 2011. However, 62 million people have already been identified as needing assistance in 2012, only 1 million fewer than for all of 2011.

Credit: GHA Report 2012, Development Initiatives.

The level of unmet humanitarian need has risen annually over the past five years to nearly 40 percent in 2011, that's 10 percent higher than in 2007.

Credit: GHA Report 2012, Development Initiatives.

Top 20 Recipients of International Humanitarian Aid, 2001-2010: The top 20 recipients received 75 percent of the total aid doled out over the decade; 23 percent went to the top three recipients, alone. Sudan was the largest beneficiary, receiving U.S.$9.7 billion over the 10-year period.

Credit: GHA Report 2012, Development Initiatives.

Humanitarian aid largely reflects the nature of the crisis. Ethiopia, which is plagued by chronic food insecurity, received 80 percent of its assistance as emergency food aid.

Credit: GHA Report 2012, Development Initiatives.

Despite an overall increase in humanitarian aid from 2001 to 2010, the share designated for Africa fell from 55 percent to 34 percent, a reduction of U.S.$1.3 billion.

Credit: GHA Report 2012, Development Initiatives.

Five of the top 10 humanitarian aid recipients are African countries. All of the top recipients have been affected by conflict for at least five years. Conflict-stricken states received the majority of international assistance, averaging between 64 and 83 percent.

Credit: GHA Report 2012, Development Initiatives.

Proportion of the Total Population Living on Less Than U.S.$1.25 Per Day: The world is on track to halve the number of people who earn less than U.S.$1.25 per day by 2015 to meet Millennium Development Goal 1. However, progress has been uneven and sub-Saharan Africa lags far behind.

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